Density Measurements of Various Molten Sodium, Magnesium, Potassium, and Uranium Chloride Salt Compositions Using Neutron ImagingClick to copy article linkArticle link copied!
- Jisue MoonJisue MoonOak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee37830, United StatesMore by Jisue Moon
- Hunter Andrews*Hunter Andrews*Email: [email protected]Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee37830, United StatesMore by Hunter Andrews
- Can AgcaCan AgcaOak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee37830, United StatesMore by Can Agca
- Jean-Christophe BilheuxJean-Christophe BilheuxOak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee37830, United StatesMore by Jean-Christophe Bilheux
- Alexander BraatzAlexander BraatzOak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee37830, United StatesMore by Alexander Braatz
- Abbey McAlisterAbbey McAlisterOak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee37830, United StatesMore by Abbey McAlister
- Joanna McFarlaneJoanna McFarlaneOak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee37830, United StatesMore by Joanna McFarlane
- Jake McMurrayJake McMurrayOak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee37830, United StatesMore by Jake McMurray
- Kevin RobbKevin RobbOak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee37830, United StatesMore by Kevin Robb
- Yuxuan ZhangYuxuan ZhangOak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee37830, United StatesMore by Yuxuan Zhang
Abstract
With an increased interest in the use of molten salts for energy generation, obtaining thermophysical properties of salt mixtures becomes critical for the understanding of salt performance and behavior. Density is one of the significant thermophysical properties of salt systems. This work presents the density measurement of molten chloride salt mixtures using neutron imaging. This work was performed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory High-Flux Isotope Reactor. Resulting densities as a function of temperature for different molten chloride salts from this work were compared with calculated values using Redlich–Kister modeling. Agreement between the calculated and measured values was within 1–10%, with the exception of the ternary UCl3–NaCl–KCl salt that showed a 32% discrepancy between several literature reports; however, the results did align well with another neutron radiography article. Analysis of the radiographs suggests that microbubbles in the ternary mixture might have biased the density measurements.
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